USA HISTORY

PROTESTS ACTIVISM AND CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE 1954 1973

THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT DURING THE 1950S

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What was the purpose of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)?
A
promote civil rights for all citizens
B
raise church attendance and membership among the African American community
C
promote civil disobedience in transportation discrimination
D
promote equal rights for African Americans
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Martin Luther King, Jr., Bayard Rustin, Ralph Abernathy, Fred Shuttlesworth, and others, founded the SCLC in order to have a regional organization that could better coordinate civil rights protest activities across the South.

Detailed explanation-2: -With the goal of redeeming “the soul of America” through nonviolent resistance, the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) was established in 1957 to coordinate the action of local protest groups throughout the South (King, “Beyond Vietnam, ” 144).

Detailed explanation-3: -Founding of SNCC and the Freedom Rides Beginning its operations in a corner of the SCLC’s Atlanta office, SNCC dedicated itself to organizing sit-ins, boycotts and other nonviolent direct action protests against segregation and other forms of racial discrimination.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLS) was established in 1957 after the Montgomery Bus Boycott. The association was founded by ministers and elected Dr. Martin Luther King Jr the first president. The associations two goals were to end segregation and encourage African American to register to vote.

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